21 December 2013 was the 25th anniversary of the bombing over Lockerbie, Scotland, of Pan Am 103. The anniversary was also marked at Syracuse University in New York, USA, which was especially hard hit by the disaster. Of the 270 innocent lives lost, 35 were students from Syracuse University, USA.

A prayer “Common Prayer for Peace” composed jointly by Hendricks Chapel Dean Tiffany Steinwert and the Rev. Sandy Stoddart of Applegirth/Drysedale, Lockerbie, Scotland,includes these lines: “Rising up from the ashes of tragedy, we proclaim our commitment to creating a better, more just world.”

Unfortunately, that Reverend Sandy Stoddart of Applegarth/Applegirth, Lockerbie, is the same Sandy Stoddart mentioned in Chapter 9 of Days of Elijah: A True Story ISBN 978 0 955 6248 2 7 by this Christian author Eliza Earsman.

Do not be deceived dear friends by any attempts by him to camouflage details.

Robert Mueller III, Director of Federal Bureau of Investigation, United States of America:

FBI director Robert Muellertraveled to Tripoli to meet Libyan prime minister Abdurahim el-Keib to discuss the investigation into the 1988 Pan Am bombing that killed hundreds over Lockerbie (see previous posts). Robert Mueller lll was involved in the original enquiry.

This meeting took place April 25 2012 but was not publicized at the time for security reasons.

I retain copies of information sent to Robert Mueller lll—sent 24 August 2009. Receipt acknowledged 25 August 2009.

At 7.03pm on Wednesday 21 December 1988, shortly after taking off from Heathrow airport, PA103 was flying at an altitude of 31,000 feet en route to John F. Kennedy airport, New York, when an explosion caused the aircraft to disintegrate and fall out of the sky. 243 passengers and 16 crew on board were killed.

The victims came from 21 countries, the vast majority being from the United States.

The resulting debris was spread over a very wide area in Scotland and the North of England, but principally it landed in and around the town of Lockerbie causing the deaths of a further 11 people. In all 270 people were killed in the disaster.

In one week more than 1,200 people have backed an independent inquiry into the conviction of the Lockerbie bomber. A petition was lodged at the Scottish Parliament urging ministers to look again at the 2001 trial, which saw Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi become the only man to be found guilty of the 1988 terror attack.

One year after the Libyan’s release on compassionate grounds, campaigners launched the new attempt to secure an inquiry. The appeal is being led by pressure group JUSTICE FOR MEGRAHI and involves DR JIM SWIRE whose daughter Fiona was killed in the Pan Am bombing.

The petition was lodged 8 October 2010, can be accessed through the Scottish Parliament website, and closes Thursday next week.

NOTE: I again draw attention to this statement in my blog post of 27 July 2010: ‘Open LOCKERBIE details (the town/the people) and Scottish Ritual Freemasonry Lodge 258 Quhytewoollen – later used as a mortuary for the 270 victims of the bombing of Pan-Am 103. The people of Lockerbie – and that includes Police, Procurators Fiscal and Court officials – do not have an honest face between them!’